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Foul

September 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Hearsay and Gossip, News Around

Ronaldo has been voted Football Player of the Year for the second time.
It’s probably because of those dazzling stepovers that confuse and torment opponents who just want to get on with the match.  I noticed that he tried a few of them during the game against Barcelona shortly before he missed that penalty.  Still, what’s impressive [...]

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Cryptic Code

August 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Hearsay and Gossip

Manchester United footballer, Nani, has been criticised for playing ‘keepy-uppie’ during the match with Arsenal.  The fact that he had scored two goals and helped create two more was torment enough for the Arsenal players and this piece of exhibition play was just rubbing salt in the wound.
Doing ‘keepie-uppies’ during a match is against the [...]

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The harder they fall

July 29th, 2010 · No Comments · News Around

It’s Man United versus West Ham and the Hammers are putting up a damn good fight.  United’s manager, Sir Alex, is becoming apoplectic in the dugout.
Over on the wing, Ron, that foreign chap who plays for United, is doing some of his clever stuff with the ball.  He rolls it around with his foot, [...]

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A new wolf on the block

July 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · News Around

 FA chairman Brian Barwick squinted into the glare of a thousand camera flashes with the facial expression of a man trying to work out the square root of 573. “We wanted a winner with a capital W,” he barked, as photographers threw themselves at the man beside him like supplicants at the feet of the [...]

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I Walk the Line

July 20th, 2010 · No Comments · News Around

Football Association chief executive Brian Barwick says he is not worried by managers apparently ruling themselves out of becoming England coach.
But Martin O’Neill, Alan Curbishley and Sam Allardyce have stated they are not interested and are committed to their current club roles.  If they wanted to spend their days in an overpaid job, coaching idiots, [...]

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New Job for Mouriniho

July 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Hearsay and Gossip

Do you remember that little guy who used to stomp around his bunker waving his arms at his men?  You remember!  Tried to conquer Europe, had a bad relationship with the Russians?  No not Hitler!  Jose Mouriniho  – that’s the bloke, do you remember him?  He used to be manager of Chelsea, the football club, [...]

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